# I'm wanted by the FBI!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-wanted-by-the-fbi/613024>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 16, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-wanted-by-the-fbi/613024 "2012-02-16T14:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-wanted-by-the-fbi/613024/41 "2012-02-22T17:26:03Z")

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Whenever I read messages like these, I am touched by man’s trust in his fellow man.

Imagine, FBI agents so sure of your complete innocence that they helpfully advise you to be sure and get a needed document rather than just going ahead and arresting, interrogating and prosecuting you for trying to launder money that they’ve already seized.

And Mr. Henry Missick, a hitman with a heart. Someone has already contracted to pay him $50,000 to kill you. But because he’s determined that you’re an innocent person, he’s willing to double-cross your enemy for only half that.

I can’t help shedding a tear when I read the sad story of Edward Hunt. Here’s a young man whose father was smart enough to accumulate a fortune, but tragically unable to figure out how to leave it to his son. And young Edward, rather than asking one of his friends, seeking out a lawyer or contacting the Irish equivalent of Children’s Protective Services, instead reaches out to a total stranger. Edward is certain that any random stranger, once he receives the elder Mr. Hunt’s entire fortune, will settle for keeping just 30% of it, rather than absconding with the whole amount.

Just goes to show that, all over the world, people are basically good!

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-wanted-by-the-fbi/613024/42 "2012-02-22T17:49:22Z")

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I’ve often thought that we (Dopers) could write a 419 scam e-mail that would fool even the brightest. We should try!

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